Spring is here and we couldn’t be happier! We have some great free workshops coming up that will help you prepare for the warmer months. We have topics that will cover everyones interests, from our loyal beer brewers/drinkers, to our sweeter bunch who are keen...

The majority of stale beer flavours are formed by chemical reactions classified as “oxidation.” As its name suggests, oxygen can be involved, although other chemicals can act as oxidizers. (Geek fact: elements and compounds that take electrons from others are called...

MANY home brewers leap into beer – making with pints of enthusiasm, progressing from ‘kit and kilo’ (a can plus a bag of sugar) to ‘kits and bits’ (specialty grain and hops). They soon get a feel for the ingredients available but generally don’t develop an...

They grow up so fast don’t they? We’ve been around for two years now and we couldn’t be more thankful for our excellent, supportive customer base. Together we’ve brewed roughly 77,000 litres of beer over the past two years! How many two year...

It’s August! And we’ve been working on some very special fresh worts to help usher us into the coming months. It’s time to start thinking about what beers we want to put down as we come into the warmer months. While at the moment, it may seem a...

What is beer exactly? The staple ingredients from which most beers are produced are Malted Barley, Water, Hops, and Yeast. The German purity law decreed that beer must be made from these materials ALONE, and many of the world greatest beers are still made according to...

We’re well and truly in to June now and our beer styles are certainly reflecting it! We’ve been working on some of our regulars and crowd favourites as well as some of our more seasonal beers & special one-off experimental beers! We’re still...

We have some great in store specials on the Grainfather Advanced Brewery System Setup including the Grainfather Connect All Grain Brewing System, the Grainfather Glycol Chiller, and the Grainfather Conical Fermentor Pro Edition. We’re currently offering 10% off...

Introduction To Off Flavours Before you begin your investigation into the realm of off flavour beers, it is critical that you understand that these qualities are sometimes the actual characteristics of a beer’s style or signature. Whether you are a home-brewer or a...

Introduction to Water chemistry for brewers Water chemistry is arguably more important when all grain mashing than it is for extract brewers. Extract brewers may need to make adjustments to unsuitable water, or even “build” water chemistry from scratch, to...